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sports out there as one of the big sports out there for people — as one of the big sports out there for people to watch, we need the whole _ for people to watch, we need the whole press and the media and the players _ whole press and the media and the players to— whole press and the media and the players to work together. last ni . ht, players to work together. last night, serena _ players to work together. last night, serena williams spoke out. she had just won the tournament's first night match but she feels this has cast a shadow. i first night match but she feels this has cast a shadow.— first night match but she feels this has cast a shadow. i feel for naomi, i feel like i — has cast a shadow. i feel for naomi, i feel like i wish _ has cast a shadow. i feel for naomi, i feel like i wish i _ has cast a shadow. i feel for naomi, i feel like i wish i could _ has cast a shadow. i feel for naomi, i feel like i wish i could give - has cast a shadow. i feel for naomi, i feel like i wish i could give her - ifeel like i wish i could give her a hug because i know what it's like. i've been in those positions. everyone is different and everyone handles things differently, so, you know, you just have to let her handle the way she wants to. the french tennis _ handle the way she wants to. the french tennis federation said they were sorry and sad for naomi osaka, and that they are committed to athletes' well—being. this came about from osaka not wanting to talk, but now, herand about from osaka not wanting to talk, but now, her and the sport will look for dialogue, as tennis tries to repair things with one of its greatest stars. joe lynskey, bbc news. time for a look at the weather,
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here's darren bett. and another glorious day? yes, indeed double _ and another glorious day? yes, indeed double it _ and another glorious day? yes, indeed double it is _ and another glorious day? yes, indeed double it is the - and another glorious day? me: indeed double it is the first day of meteorological summer, and the sun is out across most of the country. in dorset and in merseyside, it is 24 in dorset and in merseyside, it is 2a degrees. but in dorset and in merseyside, it is 24 degrees-_ 24 degrees. but it is more chilly alon: the 24 degrees. but it is more chilly along the north _ 24 degrees. but it is more chilly along the north sea _ 24 degrees. but it is more chilly along the north sea coast. - 24 degrees. but it is more chilly along the north sea coast. that| 24 degrees. but it is more chilly i along the north sea coast. that low cloud will be drifting onto the coast. more cloud for a while across western scotland and northern ireland, that cloud should then and break with more sunshine coming through and for many of us the rest of the day will be dry and sunny and very warm. typical temperatures, the low to mid—205, it could be hotter than yesterday, 26 is possible in greater london. the highlands is not going to be the hotspot today and they're even could be a couple of showers this evening. overnight, more of that low cloud coming into eastern scotland through the central belt, affecting the northern isles, and by the end of the night, there could be some showers in the south—west. by the end of the night
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it should be dry, clear and quite warm. tomorrow in the south—west of england, more cloud, coolerweather, with some showers which could turn heavy and thundery, drifting northwards into wales, affecting hampshire and eventually the west midlands. strongerwind hampshire and eventually the west midlands. stronger wind will bring in more low cloud onto their coasts further north, but ahead of the showers, in the sunshine, for the north—west of england, down into the south—east, temperatures could get up south—east, temperatures could get up to 27. and where you have the sunshine, it is strong, high uv levels once again. we will see some showers in northern ireland, through the midlands, south—east england, tomorrow evening. the weather front then takes them northwards overnight, and briefly, they could be heavy. gradually they will ease off on thursday. to the south, we are going to start off fairly cloudy but it should brighten up and we will have a bit more sunshine coming through. temperatures will not be as high as today or tomorrow, but it
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will still be a pleasant and warm summer's day in the south—east. by the end of the day we could have a few more showers breaking out in the far south, and they could have some thunder in them overnight as they move northwards and eastwards by friday morning. sunshine again follows on behind, although with a bit more breeze, there will be more cloud in the far west. temperatures will be lower again, 23 degrees at best, nearer normal temperatures, not quite as hot as today. a reminder of our top story... a revolutionary gene therapy is given to a five—month—old baby at a hospital in london to treat a spinal disorder. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are.
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good afternoon. i'm austin halewood with your latest sports news. gareth southgate will name his england squad for this month's european championship at five oclock this afternoon, but manchester united forward mason greenwood won't be taking any part. the 19—year—old has ruled himself out because of an "underlying injury". he was expected to be in the 26—man squad after scoring 12 goals in 52 games for manchester united this season. meanwhile, the bbc understands that greenwood's united team—matejesse lingaard, who impressed this season on loan at west ham, has also not been selected. that means there are five other players that will have to be trimmed. one of them could be a right—back, afterfour were named in the 33 last week. so trent alexander—arnold is competing with kieran tripper, reece james and kyle walker to be selected. england could also be concerned
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about harry maguire, who missed wednesday's europa league final through injury. jordan henderson, as well, hasn't played for liverpool since february because of injury, but he too is aiming to make the final 26. it will be announced in a few hours' time at 5.00pm. meanwhile, some worrying news for the scotland team ahead of the tournament as midfielder john fleck has tested positive for covid at the squad's camp in spain. the sheffield united player will now self—isolate and will not travel with the rest of the squad to portugal for tomorrow's friendly against the netherlands. the rest of the squad have been tested and have all returned negative results. there's less than two weeks to go now until their first match against the czech republic at hampden park. organisers of the french open say they feel "sorry and sad" that naomi osaka felt she had to withdraw from the tournament, to protect her mental health. the world number two was fined for refusing to speak
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to the media after her matches. she said she wanted to protect herself after suffering "long bouts of depression", since winning herfirst grand slam in 2018. osaka will now take some time away from the game and said she hopes to work with the sport's organisers in the future, about how to make things better for the players, press and fans. we have different personalities and people are different, not everyone is the same. i'm thick, you know? other people art then, you know? everyone is different and everyone handles things differently, so you just have to let her handle it the way she wants to be in the best way she thinks she can. that's the only thing i can say. i think she is doing the best that she can. i think she is doing the best that she can. england's cricketing summer officially gets under way tomorrow
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with the first day of their first test match against new zealand at lords. bowler stuart broad will be the team's vice—captain. despite this being the start of his 14th summer in the england team, broad's recent performances show that he's still right at the top of the international game. with regular deputy ben stokes out injured, captainjoe root has chosen broad to be his right—hand man. jadejones could make history at the tokyo olympics this summer as the taekwondo fighter goes for a third gold after being named in the team gb line—up. jones won the title in both london and rio and will arrive injapan as the number one seed. she will be joined by world gold medallists bianca walkden and bradley sinden, as well as lauren williams and mahama cho, but there was disappointment for lutalo muhammed. he won bronze in 2012 and silver four years later, but missed out. you can find much more
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on all of those stories on the bbc sport website, including all the build—up to gareth southgate's england squad announcement. that's all your sport for now. let's get more now on our top story — the revolutionary gene therapy zoljensma — that is available now on the nhs. as we've been hearing a five month old baby, arther morgan has become one of the first children to be given it at a hospital in london. our medical editor fergus walsh has been speaking to arthur's dad, reece. we have been told that the treatment is not a cure. but it will give him the proteins he needs to help him be able to move a lot easier, he can't move it all at the moment. i
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able to move a lot easier, he can't move it all at the moment. i imagine that had he — move it all at the moment. i imagine that had he been _ move it all at the moment. i imagine that had he been born _ move it all at the moment. i imagine that had he been born a _ move it all at the moment. i imagine that had he been born a couple - move it all at the moment. i imagine that had he been born a couple of. that had he been born a couple of years ago, that the outlook would have been really quite bleak. yeah, definitel . have been really quite bleak. yeah, definitely- we _ have been really quite bleak. yeah, definitely. we have _ have been really quite bleak. yeah, definitely. we have been _ have been really quite bleak. yeah, definitely. we have been told - have been really quite bleak. yeah, definitely. we have been told that l definitely. we have been told that if it was our daughter that had it it would be a different scenario altogether. even as far as two years ago, the doctor said we would be having a different conversation, so it is unbelievable we have been able to get this treatment. i it is unbelievable we have been able to get this treatment.— to get this treatment. i note the actual price _ to get this treatment. i note the actual price has _ to get this treatment. i note the actual price has not _ to get this treatment. i note the actual price has not been - to get this treatment. i note the i actual price has not been revealed, but it is said to be the most expensive treatment in the world. yeah. yeah, it's crazy. when you listen to what happened, it is very clever the way it is done. it is hidden in a live virus, it is unbelievable.— hidden in a live virus, it is unbelievable. what was it like sittinu unbelievable. what was it like sitting there _ unbelievable. what was it like sitting there today _ unbelievable. what was it like sitting there today while - unbelievable. what was it like sitting there today while it. unbelievable. what was it like| sitting there today while it was happening? it sitting there today while it was happening?— happening? it was quite underwhelming! - happening? it was quite underwhelming! it - happening? it was quite underwhelming! it is - happening? it was quite | underwhelming! it isjust happening? it was quite i underwhelming! it isjust a happening? it was quite - underwhelming! it isjust a drip. just happy to get it done and happy
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it has worked out. tell just happy to get it done and happy it has worked out.— it has worked out. tell me a bit about art. _ it has worked out. tell me a bit about art, wants _ it has worked out. tell me a bit about art, wants his _ it has worked out. tell me a bit i about art, wants his personality? it has worked out. tell me a bit - about art, wants his personality? he is a about art, wants his personality? he: is a lovely, happy little boy and throughout all of this he has always kept us happy by the way he smiles, the way he interacts with us, his laughing. it keeps you going. he has a very proud — laughing. it keeps you going. he has a very proud older _ laughing. it keeps you going. he has a very proud older sister _ laughing. it keeps you going. he has a very proud older sister at - laughing. it keeps you going. he has a very proud older sister at home. i a very proud older sister at home. he has, yeah. a sister can't wait to give him a cuddle and get them home, shejust misses her give him a cuddle and get them home, she just misses her brother. he is she “ust misses her brother. he is five she just misses her brother. he is five months _ she just misses her brother. he is five months old _ she just misses her brother. he is five months old now. _ she just misses her brother. he is five months old now. what - she just misses her brother. he is five months old now. what are the things that he struggles to do because of the decline of the motor neuron cells? he because of the decline of the motor neuron cells?— because of the decline of the motor neuron cells? he struggles to move his limbs and _ neuron cells? he struggles to move his limbs and also _ neuron cells? he struggles to move his limbs and also to _ neuron cells? he struggles to move his limbs and also to hold _ neuron cells? he struggles to move his limbs and also to hold his - neuron cells? he struggles to move his limbs and also to hold his head l his limbs and also to hold his head up. he has quite a heavy breath that they associate with children with sma. they are the kind of things that you would look out for if your baby had heavy breathing for a longer period. and his slowing down
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of movements for a longer period of time. and a weak neck. you of movements for a longer period of time. and a weak neck.— time. and a weak neck. you are takin: time. and a weak neck. you are taking an _ time. and a weak neck. you are taking an incredibly _ time. and a weak neck. you are taking an incredibly sensible - taking an incredibly sensible attitude. you are not selecting milestones. whatever the best future is he can possibly have.— is he can possibly have. that's exactly it. _ is he can possibly have. that's exactly it, yeah. _ is he can possibly have. that's exactly it, yeah. we _ is he can possibly have. that's exactly it, yeah. we will- is he can possibly have. that's exactly it, yeah. we will not . is he can possibly have. that's i exactly it, yeah. we will not put any pressure, we willjust try our best and hope for the best. peru has announced the country's real number of coronavirus deaths is more than double what was previously thought. according to the new official figures, 180,000 people have died of covid—i9 in peru. that's now the world's highest death rate, per head of population. sara monetta reports. families have been decimated by the coronavirus in peru's capital, lima. the second wave of the pandemic is ravaging the country,
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and the death toll is rising. on monday, the government announced what most people already knew, that the actual number of covid—related deaths is much higher than previously acknowledged. the prime minister said it was the government's duty to make the revised data public, for transparency�*s sake. until now, the official statistics had the death toll at slightly over 69,000. the revised data put the number at more than 180,000. for months, frontline doctors and relatives had lamented that official numbers were not reflecting the reality they were living. translation: the dead are being taken out of the hospital every day. people are admitted to the hospital every day and we know nothing. relatives wake up here in the cold and sometimes we don't get the full report, that's the truth. experts say that the discrepancy was mostly due to the fact that a death would be recorded
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as covid—related only if the patient had been tested. the problem is that peru doesn't test that much, a lot of antibody tests and other quick tests have been used, and sensitivity has been very low. the new death toll could help understand better how the virus has spread in the country and how to prepare for future waves. but for frontline workers, the emergency is now, and they feel like they are losing this battle. translation: our health system does not meet the necessary conditions to care for patients. there has been no government support with oxygen, with intensive care beds. we do not have enough vaccines at the moment. the first line of care has not been reactivated. all this makes us the first country in the world in terms of mortality. a grim record for such a small country. sara monetta, bbc news.
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the headlines on bbc news: a revolutionary gene therapy is given to a five—month—old baby at a london hospital. arthur morgan is treated for a spinal disorder with the world's most expensive drug. heathrow airport opens a terminal specially for people arriving from �*red list�* countries, after concerns they had been too close to other passengers. the doctors' union, the bma, urges caution over the full lifting of covid restrictions in england later this month. the london design biennale opens today at somerset house in london and is one of the first large—scale public events to be held in the city since the start of the pandemic. one of the big attractions to the festival will be the �*forest for change global goals pavilion', which will see 400 trees installed into the courtyard with the aim of raising awareness
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of the united nations' global goals for sustainable development. the forest has been designed by international artist es devlin and has been created in partnership with project everyone', a not—for—profit agency co—founded by the writer and director richard curtis. richard curtis spoke to my colleague annita mcveigh earlier. she started by asking him about the symbolism of the forest. there's so much symbolism i can't tell you. one of the things is that actually, it was in the original rules of this amazing building never to have a tree planted at a time there's so much symbolism i can't tell you. amazing building never to have a tree planted at a time when man thought we can conquer nature and exploited and in fact, this is a sort of explosion of disobedience that we are planting an entire forest that if we don't take care of nature, nature won't take care of us. and also, it's kind of a forest of doubt because all of us are wondering what we can do and allows to make things better
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and you move through the forest and come to these amazing pillars which represent each of the sustainable development goals because they are a to—do list for the planet. it's a complicated but beautiful symbol of how all of us can actually get stuff done to fight climate change and all the other problems that we have in the world. is that the idea, to get everyone who comes and say this to say that they should take ownership of these global goals and not to get overwhelmed by the scale, if you like? yes, that is so much the case, the global goal, one, it tells the governments are committed actually to things that you want them to do, but you know, everyone who works for a company can bend their company's behaviour, everyone who runs a company can make sure the company is behaving properly and all of us have the right to say to politicians that you said you would do something
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about climate change this year, we have the g7 and we are trying to inspire people with a sense that, one, there is a to—do list, there are solutions and, two, they can take responsibility for it. and tell us a little bit about project everyone and its involvement in this. project everyone was set up, the regional sustainable development goals which is quite a chunky document and we helped design the grid that really simplify them and let people know, made of something that even kids could understand and what we have trying to do is make the goals as famous as we can because you can't fight for your rights if you don't know what they are, so this is just another effort so that everyone will say, ok, how do i solve these problems? wait a minute, the solutions are there. and all those beautiful trees there, what happens to them once this particular exhibition concerning? particular exhibition comes to an end? like everyone these days, we have been really thinking seriously about sustainability
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and so they're actually going into certain boroughs where they will be planted in dark corners to bring nature to the people there, but we are also giving some to a children's hospice as well and so all the trees will be redistributed after this month on this beautiful exhibition. and, richard, what's been happening around the world for the last year, your involvement in this project, is that inspiring you in terms of your creative work writing and directing? do you know, mainly in this direction, itjust makes me think that the love life of hugh grant is increasingly unimportant in comparison to trying to solve the world's problems! there is a beautiful quote that says that thousands have lived without love but not one without water. it has recalibrated my interest into trying to do things and do things urgently and i think so many people are failing that, there is a sort of consumer revolution going on in the close
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people buy and the food and the way they travel and i think all of us have suddenly realised that it is up to all of us, we can'tjust leave it to the politicians. the delayed sequel to the thriller a quiet place has become the biggest hit at north american box offices since the start of the covid—19 pandemic. a quiet place part ii made an estimated £34 million between friday and sunday. one of its stars, london—born actor noahjupe, has been speaking to louise minchin. she began by asking him about his famous mum. lots of people know your mum, as well, because she wasjulie in coronation street. yeah, i mean, i'm so lucky to have my mum, you know, so to have her, you know, when i was growing up, going on sets at nine and stuff, to have her there supporting me was always very special. yeah, so nine's pretty young. do you remember that — that was your first, what, tv orfilm role, was it? which one was it? it was a tv film role, actually — it was a song forjenny, about the 7/7 bombings. is jenny dead?
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i remember when it finished, i... i cried all the way home in the car. 0h! because you were going to miss them? yeah, i loved it. it was like a second home to me because everyone was so... it was such a community on set that when i got in the car and i realised that i wasn't going to get to go back to that community ever again, it was really kind of heartbreaking for me. and that's when i kind of knew that this job would be something that i would be passionate about and, you know, something that i would love doing. there are people out there. people worth saving. and for fans of a quiet place... so we prepare ourselves for scares. you're alongside emily blunt again. and just give us a quick insight — you know, it starts where? it basically follows straight on from the events of the end of the last one.
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the safety has just gone out the window in this movie so you're just on number ten the whole time. oh, it's scary! what's it like being in it? the scariest thing about a quiet place is the fact... the jump scares. yeah. like, you know, when you think everything's ok, and suddenly this happens, right? and for us, because we've read the script, we know what's happening, we know that something's coming. so it defeats the aspect of surprise. i have to say, filming it wasn't scary, but then when i went to the cinema and watched the first one, i was... i was so scared, i was like... even though you know what's going to happen. even though i know what's happening! iwas... iwas, like, closing my eyes like this when i was watching it because i was so scared, so, yeah. for a quiet place, did you learn... did you learn actual sign language, as well?
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i mean, milli, who is also one of my best friends... millicent simmonds, who stars alongside you, yeah. millicent simmonds is, you know, i... immediately, we started emailing over the first — before the first a quiet place. and then once i met her, i was like, i need to speak to her, i need to talk to her. and obviously, there was a interpreter there so i could, but i wanted it to be just between us. so then i started to learn the alphabet of sign language and i'd spell out the word that i wanted to say and she'd sign it back to me. so it would take us an hour — it would take, like, half an hour for me to say, "how are you?" because i'd be like, how...are you? that's a lovely skill to have, because you'll meet people in your life who you'll be able to talk to that you wouldn't, you know, wouldn't be able to sign to before. i was on a plane with this old woman who was deaf and we were flying back to england or something, and she needed help. and this guy couldn't
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communicate with her. he was like, you know, trying to talk to her. and i rememberjust going over and saying, like, "do you know american sign language?" she was like, "yes." and then kind of talking to her and finding out what she needed and stuff, and helping the guy that was trying to help her. so, yeah, i mean, it'sjust really cool to know and, you know, it's a different language, which is always exciting. i'm just looking at some of the people you've worked with, and it literally is the who's who of hollywood. so they think you killed her? no! so why else all of this, then? i don't know. sandy and caroline will probably be there, won't they? hey, jack, come sit here. in a sec. is it ok ifjack comes over? those men killed mom. we've decided it'd be best if your auntie margaret. came and stayed with us. nicky needs a mother. we'll be strong. you can'tjust push the car hard. just amazing.
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craziness. yeah. some of them, um, you know, for example, cillian, who i've recently worked with — i didn't actually really know a lot about him. the people that are left...what they've become. after the shoot, obviously, i was like, "right, i've got to watch peaky blinders." now i'm the biggest fan. ithink... i think i wouldn't have been able to speak to him, knowing some of the stuff he's done. you know, he's definitely now... i very much look up to him as an actor. i watched back today, the night manager, some of the night manager, when you star alongside lots of superstars, but not least tom hiddleston. thank you very much, sir, for rescuing me. i never actually got to see the whole thing. i've just seen my episodes because obviously, until recently, i wouldn't have understood it and understood what was happening. he probably won't remember me. it would be interesting if i ever
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meet him again to be like, "oh, yeah, i was on a beach with you, throwing stones in the water." not only do you have this extraordinarily and hugely successful career — you, like anyone else, have to do exams. you need to get some gcses. how's that been? um... it's annoying and painful and...| haven't got much sleep recently, but, you know, i'm...in it to win it. i'm excited. 0k. it's been a real — listen — a real pleasure to talk to you. thank you very much indeed, noah. thank you. it's been very warm for the past few days, so let's take a look at how some people were cooling down yesterday — over 100 feet above the streets of london. this sky pool is near the us embassy in nine elms, just south of the thames, and is believed to be the world's first transparent pool built between two skyscrapers.
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swimmers can enjoy views of parliament and the london eye whilst they swim their lengths of the 25—metre pool. the one catch is you have to be a resident to use it. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello, there. it is another warm and sunny day for us today. on the satellite picture, you can see more cloud in the western isles of scotland, the far north of northern ireland. that is moving away now. generally, it is dry, sunny, with temperatures getting up to 26 degrees in greater london and the north—west of wales. there is a bit more cloud in the highlands today, and there could be one or two
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showers, which will fade away overnight. low cloud for the northern isles and the eastern coast of scotland, moving into the central belt, as well. showers in the far south—west of england and the channel islands. for many it will be a dry, clearand channel islands. for many it will be a dry, clear and warm night. channel islands. for many it will be a dry, clearand warm night. for wednesday, charest will push their way up into wales committee could be heavy and thundery. they will work their way into hampshire and the west midlands, as well. the highest temperatures shall be ahead of those showers come across north—west england, the midlands, into the south—east of england before we get showers in the evening. killer on the north sea coast. what we do have to sunshine it will be strong sunshine with high uv levels. wednesday sees the peak of the temperatures. this weather front continues to bring showers northwards during the evening and overnight. still some heavy once left over for first thing on thursday before they become fewer and lighter as they drift away from
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northern england and continue northwards into scotland. further south, it may well be cloudy for a while but it will brighten up more. we will get some time coming through, as well. temperatures will be a cipher thursday, but still a warm day for the south—east of england and east anglia in particular. by this evening we will start to see showers developing in the far south of england, they could contain thunder. they will move northwards on friday before moving away into the north sea. more sunshine arrives during the day on friday. it will cloud over a bit in the west as the breeze picks up. those temperatures a bit lower than today, but nearer normal for this time of the year.
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this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines. a revolutionary gene therapy is given to a 5—month—old baby at a london hospital. arthur morgan is treated for a spinal disorder with the world's most expensive drug. the doctors union, the bma, urges caution over the full lifting of covid restrictions in england later this month. heathrow airport opens a terminal specially for people arriving from red list countries, after concerns they had been too close to other passengers. and after naomi osaka pulls out of the french open, questions about how professional tennis deals with the mental health of its top players.
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